Flir’s new dongle makes almost any iPhone or Android phone a thermal camera

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by Sindy Cator on January 7, 2015 at 8:08 pm

Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Mobile, Product Launches

The Flir iPhone case for the iPhone 5s was pretty cool. Suddenly your iPhone was a thermal camera great for checking on heat leaks in your home or just taking really fun photos of friends. But, if you had an iPhone 5c, a new iPhone or Android phone you were pretty much left out of thermal imaging fun. Flir fixed that with its new Flir One dongle. The dongle connects via Lightning for iOS devices or micro-USB for Android devices. With the companion Flir app users can take thermal photos and use the device as a spot thermometer. If you’re sporting…